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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2000 Special Meeting Page 6 business park development. The minimum requirement for a commercial PUD is 5 acres. The existing business park access drive from County Road H would be shifted to the west to maximize the contiguous parking area for the proposed development. Planner Ericson stated the City Council has been provided with a set of plans date-stamped September 28, 2000, for the proposed expansion. The plans include a preliminary site plan, a preliminary utility plan, a preliminary grading plan, a preliminary landscape plan, an existing conditions plan, an overall floor plan, exterior elevations, an enlarged banquet floor plan, hotel floor plans, and a revised photometric analysis of the site. Planner Ericson noted the site plan indicates the proposed and anticipated configuration of the development. As shown on this plan, a total of 828 parking stalls would be required with the addition of the hotel and the banquet center. The plans indicate that a total of 832 spaces can be provided on the site, but only if the parking lot setbacks are reduced from the B-3 zoning district- required 30 feet to five feet along Highway 10 and County Road H. Such a reduction in the setback requirement is allowed via the PUD process, which explicitly states that a purpose and intent of the PUD is to allow for variation from the provisions of the Zoning Code, including setbacks, parking, height, lot area, etc. Planner Ericson explained that because of the number of complimentary uses, Staff and the Planning Commission believe that 828 stalls may be more parking than what is necessary. For this reason, Staff and the Planning Commission would suggest that the minimum parking • required for this site, according to the specifications and area indicated on the plans date-stamped September 28, 2000, be reduced from 828 to 808. This will be addressed within the PUD Document. Planner Ericson explained the setback of the parking lot can be reduced via the PUD process. Approaching this in the strictest sense, if the setbacks requirements were to be enforced without deviation, as many as 175 parking stalls would be lost. The net effect of such a loss would mean either the banquet center would be reduced in size and capacity by 50 percent or more, or the hotel would need to be completely eliminated. Neither scenario would be feasible based upon the already submitted cost and earnings projections. This setback configuration met with the approval of both the Planning Commission and City Council at the concept stage of this development. Planner Ericson explained the building setbacks are different from point to point, but generally speaking, the bowling area would remain unchanged at a minimum setback of 60 feet, the dining and bar area would be more than 200 feet, the hotel addition would be a minimum of 100 feet, while the banquet center would be setback 50 feet. All of these setbacks satisfy the current B-3 zoning requirements. Planner Ericson noted the proposed hotel expansion would be professionally designed to be aesthetically pleasing and would tie in to the existing facility. The hotel addition would be constructed of prefabricated concrete walls and would be finished with maintenance-free siding